#73169E#73169E

#73169E is a dark, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.200 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73169E
RGB	rgb(115, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(281, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 58.10, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 78.68, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.132 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.2 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5275, 6.6876, 32.9194)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73169E #419E16

analogous

#2F169E #73169E #9E1685

triadic

#73169E #9E7316 #169E73

tetradic

#73169E #9E2F16 #419E16 #16859E

square

#73169E #9E2F16 #419E16 #16859E

split-complementary

#73169E #859E16 #169E2F

monochromatic

#250733 #4C0F68 #73169E #9A1DD4 #B449E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#73169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#73169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73169E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73169E	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D3C5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.200 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a062bc',
    500: '#73169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73169e;
$custom-light: #a062bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43252,
    "c": 0.20026,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73169E

secondary

#71C749

accent

#F23671

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #73169E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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